This memorial website was created in memory of our mom Marylyn Seif, 82, born on January 20, 1934 and passed away on October 6, 2016. Her brother Frank Stitt has a memorial on this site and we wanted them to be together, here and forever. Please leave stories, memories, and photos, or just enjoy the fond memories of Marylyn.
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Marylyn.........Mom, Grandmother, Mother-in-Law, Family, Friend, Wife, Entrepreneur, Chicagoan. You will be missed! Love your son, Boyd.
May God rest her soul now and may she rest in peace...
Marylyn and Sue Neal and I met at a DePaul Concert on Marylyn's birthday. We became chums and vowed to get together to celebrate our birthdays and to share good times. I'll forever miss Marylyn's straightforward and self-confident opinions, her intellectual approach to all things -- art, antiques, music, fashion, animal welfare, feminism, politics, the planet! We didn't always agree with each other, but we loved the heated discussions that we shared.
I'll forever miss her friendly phone calls and caring ways, her devotion to her family and her friends -- always interested in helping others any way she could. There will forever be a hole in my heart, in my life, with her untimely absence..
Thanx to my son, David, for letting me use his computer to leave this tribute. I am Phyllis Zornig, just one of Marylyn's many many friends.
Many times I would go next door to visit Marylyns brother Frank and he would be on the the phone with her. They spoke every day. When he would tell her I was there she always had some kind words to say.
Marylyn joined us for a holiday dinner one year and felt honored that she was there.
I will truly miss her visits.
For the past 6 yrs we have been visiting Eva and then her brother Jacob weekly. The last time was June 5th. After that My Marylyn fought the battle of her life.
Rest in peace dear,dear Friend. I will never forget you. You will always be in my heart and prayers.
Claudia, Boyd, Morgan, Boyd IV, and Mark our deepest sympathy
in the loss of your precious Mother& Grandmother. You are in our thoughts.
Love,
Joy,Craig, Hal, Sue, & Michael
Impression on me. And always made me feel so comfortable and safe
In her home. You will never be forgotten
I will always love her and cherish all the memories she created.
She has always been there for me whenever I needed her. When I was feeling down and needed a friend to lean on, she was there for me. Marylyn taught me the value of friendship. She positively influenced my life in so many ways. I will miss her dearly with all my heart.
Marylyn, thank you for your friendship. I will never forget all the time we spent together most especially our last New Year's Eve dinner at Monastero's in 2015. May you rest in peace.
Gail Rosen
We went to the finest restaurants and met the most interesting people. All of the beautiful people gravitated towards her just wanting to be in her presence. High tea at the Ritz was a highlight, so happy that the tradition continued. She opened my eyes to so much, but mostly to what a woman’s potential could be and should be was most inspiring.
It was my 20th birthday when Mom decided we should celebrate. We started at the Pump room and made our way over to the North Star Inn. We were having such a great time celebrating when your Mom leaned over to the next table and told them it was my birthday. How lucky was I to have Harry Caray and Vic Damone sing Happy Birthday to me. It’s one of my most cherished memories that will stay with me forever. Thank you for sharing Marilyn your amazing one of a kind Mom with me. Love you!
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An Amazing Woman
AN AMZING WOMAN
Born in Canton, Ohio
Young brother Jack in tow
Father and Aunts were amazed
How quickly she craved
To know the world
Ready for it to unfurl
Always reaching the higher plateau
Never accepting what was below
Always had her nose in a book
Boarding school took a second look
Came to Chicao at ninteen
Dark haired beauty, she was deemed
Careers, modeling, entrepreneur
She always persevered to endure
Married: Claudia and Mark born
Love forever sworn
Harold was second husband
Great exciting times were in hand
Big Day, Claudia's wedding
Mark's cancer, tears shedding
Boyd and Morgan, beloved grandchildren
Grammy teaching, sharing had been
Cat lover extraordinaire
Gray, white, black, tabby hair
My wise, loyal friend of thirty-one years
Many happy, sad times, My heart in tears.
Learning how to read
My mom and Marylyn were close friends in the 70's when I was in my little girl years. I will always remember her as a posh, sophisticated, wry, intellectual who happened to be a stunner as well. But there is an even more important reason I idolized her when I was a girl.
As a child, I struggled with learning and now I'm quite sure I had an undiagnosed learning disability. I hated reading. One afternoon, Marylyn was visiting and quite unlike some other family friends, she treated me as an important individual, worthy and capable of discussing world events, adult concerns, politics, literature any having ideas of my own. So eventually I began to "pretend" I was the person she thought I could be, until I actualized that feeling, and began to view my self in an entirely new way, that of a contributor, an independant, a person that held her own weight.
As I had mentioned earlier. I hated to read and would become paralyzed when confronted with a page filled with words to the point that I couldn't absorb what was put before me. That afternoon Marylyn suggested a book to me and I shall never forget it. The title was "White Lotus". When I opened it up and had begun to try and read it, it was a swirl of letters and words, but because I knew Marylyn thought I would enjoy it, I stuck to it and before I knew it I was no longer fake reading, I was swept away to another time and place, transported to that place that was completely different to my life. She introduced the joy of reading to me in a way a parent or teacher ever could. To this day I credit her with my being able to actually enjoy reading rather than being paralyzed by it. Thanks Marylyn for being the movie star I always knew you were. You were a queen and you always will be. Thanks for giving me the joy of reading, it has taken far. I love you and will miss you always.
Dawn